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Psathyrella echinata
Growing on the base of a huge eucalyptus these were covered in small pale spines when young but as they get older the spines become smaller flakes and eventually disappear. The largest caps were about 25mm across.
In a local reserve containing both endemic and exotic species of trees.
These remind me of 2 others... Psathyrella echinata and Mycena nargans. Also see Neobarya agaricola here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/259...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:c...
Distribution map here http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22d79...
Also in NZ http://virtualmycota.landcareresearch.co...
phylum: Basidiomycota
subphylum: Agaricomycotina
class: Agaricomycetes
subclass: Agaricomycetidae
order: Agaricales
family: Psathyrellaceae
Spotted on Jun 12, 2014
Submitted on Jun 13, 2014
4 Comments
Sorry, forgot to link the description:
http://www.australasianmycology.com/page...
This description lists the attachment as adnexed to sub-free. I would call it a good match despite the lack of fuzzy mycelium.
Psathyrella echinata is the most likely and I've not found a better match so far. Problems I still have with it are the gills much more adnexed on this spotting compared to many other web images and no visible white mycelia around these bases.
Why not Psathyrella echinata, it is common in your area?
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Psathyrell...